Multicultural WWW Links

8th Floor: Multicultural Education (The Building: New Horizons for Learning, Seattle, WA; 1999) with articles, recommended readings, and WWW Links: http://www.newhorizons.org/multicultural.html
...Overview article: "The Scope of Multicultural Education," by Mary Stone Hanley (Antioch Univ., Seattle, WA)
http://www.newhorizons.org/mult_overview.html

Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
http://www.cwis.org/
CWIS is an independent, non-profit research and educational organization "dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations...through publication and distribution of literature written and voiced by leading contributors of the Fourth World." CWIS goals include promoting cooperation among nations, democratizing international relations, and providing "the greatest possible access to Fourth World documents and resources" that "record and preserve the world peoples' struggles to regain their rightful place in the international community." CWIS Archives feature "African Documents, Tribal and Inter-Tribal Resolutions and Papers, European and Asian Documents, Internationally Focused Documents, North, Central, and South American Documents, United Nations Documents, Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian Documents, Treaties, Agreements, and Other Constructive Arrangements."

"The Challenge of Defining a Single 'Multicultural Education,'" by Paul Gorski (Curry School of Education, Univ. of Virginia):
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/define.html
McGraw-Hill Multicultural Supersite: Defining Multicultural Education:
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/multi/index.mhtml

Clearinghouse for Multicultural/Bilingual Education (Weber State Univ., Ogden, Utah) providing educators with sources for multicultural and bilingual/ESL information
http://catsis.weber.edu/MBE/HTMLs/MBE.html

Diversity: Issues and Responses (CIL: Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Branch, California Dept. of Education)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/iasa/diversity.html
Diversity--of "gender, age, language, culture, race, sexual identity, and income level"--"challenges our intellect and emotions as we learn to work and live together in harmony," but can enrich, rather than divide us. This website offers information and resources to help.

EMME: Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
(Heewon Chang, ed.; Education Dept. & Global Center for Applied Research, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA)
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme
"EMME is an on-line magazine for scholars, practitioners and students of multicultural education," available only in "electronic format and free of charge to the public."

K-12 Standards: Content Knowledge (McREL, 1995 - 2001)
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/browse.asp
McREL = Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (Aurora, CO), a non-profit "whose purpose is to improve education through applied research and development."
http://www.mcrel.org/

Multicultural Pavillion: Resources & Dialogues for Educators, Students, & Activists (Paul Gorski, Curry School of Education, Univ. of Virginia):
URL: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/home.html
Multicultural Pavilion's mission is to "provide resources for educators to explore and discuss multicultural education; to facilitate opportunities for educators to work toward self-awareness and development; and to provide forums for educators to interact and collaborate toward a critical, transformative approach to multicultural education."
Multicultural Pavillion: Education Research Room (Paul Gorski)
URL: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/papers.html
"...original articles and essays on progressive, transformative, multicultural teaching and learning by educators around the world."
. . . "Cultural Liberation: East-West Biculturalism for a New Century," by Steve McCarty (Professor, Kagawa Junior College, Japan), Multicultural Pavillion: Education Research Room
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/papers/mccarty.html
. . . "Defining of Multicultural Education," by Paul Gorski and Bob Covert (1996; 2000), Multicultural Pavillion: Defining Multicultural Education:
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/initial.html
. . . "Multicultural Education," by Keith Wilson (Ohio State Univ.)
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/papers/keith.html
. . . Multiculturalism and the Internet: Tools, Resources, & Commentary, by Paul Gorski
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/net/guide.html
. . . "Understanding the Digital Divide from a Multicultural Education Framework," by Paul Gorski (2001), Multicultural Pavillion: Digital Divide & E-Learning http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/net/digdiv.html

Of related interest:
Multiculturalism and the Internet: Intersections and Integrations, by Paul Gorski (Univ. of Maryland - College Park), McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2000
http://www.mhhe.com/catalogs/0072421029.mhtml
Overview: "This brief, affordable book focuses on the Internet's ability to help facilitate multicultural ideals of inclusive, interactive, and collaborative teaching and learning. The first section covers practical strategies for using the Internet to supplement multicultural teaching practices and will list existing Internet resources with annotations. The second section provides detailed chapter-length lists of Internet resources such as ESL and bilingual sites, subject-specific multicultural sites, lesson plan sites, online journals, and more. Screen shots, site explantations from site creators, and short case essays by teachers who have used the Internet successfully in multicultural teaching practice expand each chapter."

Multiculturalism . . . Preparing Students for a Diverse and Global Society, by Colleen Newquist (Education World, 1997), brief bibliographical article with links.
URL: http://www.education-world.com/a_books/books001.shtml

NCSS ~ National Council of Social Studies (Washington DC)
(Washington DC)
URL: http://www.ncss.org/
NCSS, the largest association in the country devoted solely to social studies education, provides "leadership, service, and support for all social studies educators." "Social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic values necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy." Teaching & learning resources include books, CD-ROMs, curriculum units, multimedia, games and videos.

"A Synthesis of Scholarship in Multicultural Education," by Geneva Gay, Ph.D. (Professor of Education and Faculty Associate of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington-Seattle) - a monograph published in 1994 by NCREL's Urban Education Program as part of its Urban Education Monograph Series.
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/le0gay.htm
. . . Urban Education Monographs
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/leadrshp/urbaned.htm
NCREL = Northern Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org/
. . . Multicultural Education
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk1.htm
. . . Pathways to School Improvement
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/

"Teaching with a Multicultural Perspective," by Rey A. Gomez, ERIC Digest (1991): #ED339548; ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Development, Urbana, IL:
http://ericae.net/edo/ED339548.htm

"Varieties of Multicultural Education: An Introduction," by Gary Burnett, ERIC Digest 98 (1994): #ED372146; ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY:
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/digests/dig98.html